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iHV Executive Director meets First Lady of Kenya at launch of GNPHN conference

iHV Executive Director, Dr Cheryll Adams CBE, met Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of Kenya, at the launch of the 5th International Global Network of Public Health Nursing (GNPHN) conference in Nairobi, taking place 14-16 May 2019.

Lady Kenyatta is a GNPHN council member.

Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of Kenya, with the GNPHN Council at GNPHN conference 2019

 

Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of Kenya, at GNPHN conference 2019

Proceedings are well under way at the GNPHN conference in Nairobi! Please see below just a few videos from the first day!

The arrival of First Lady Margaret Kenyatta to the conference venue, the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi.

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta launches the conference by unveiling the quilt…

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta addresses the conference…

Fabulous day at Health for All Children Now Conference #iHVConf19

Wow – what an amazing and packed day we had yesterday at the iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference 2019: Health for All Children Now. Sold out a few weeks ago, we had a full house – 300 people including delegates, exhibitors and speakers!

Held on Thursday 9 May 2019 at King’s House Conference Centre, Manchester, it was the must-attend event in 2019 for those interested in evidence-based infant and family public health and health visiting to come together to hear the latest guidance and recommendations included in the newly-published fifth edition of Health for All Children.

With 4 concurrent sessions running during the morning and another 4 concurrent sessions in the afternoon, in addition to the morning and afternoon plenary sessions, there was plenty for the delegates to listen to and learn about.

See the conference programme

Photos of the conference

We have made a short video of some of the photos taken during the conference:

Tweets from #iHVConf19

For those of you who could not either join us yesterday or could not follow the #iHVConf19 hashtag on Twitter, we’ve collected and made a little “Wakelet” collection of the day’s tweets so you can follow some of what was shared. Please see below.

 

 

Health for All Children Now – Only 3 weeks to go!

Yes! How exciting! It’s only 3 weeks until the annual iHV evidence-based practice conference 2019 – Health for All Children Now. It’s very busy in the office finalising all the arrangements for the day – but we are really looking forwards to welcoming all our delegates, poster presenters and speakers to the event.

If you’ve not booked your ticket yet, then please do hurry as there are not many left! Our last conference was sold out, and nearly all the tickets are already sold for Health for All Children Now! The last few are remaining – so please do not miss out!

The conference programme is looking awesome, with inspiring and expert speakers giving updates. Our great line up of expert speakers includes:

  • Professor Alan Emond, Editor, Health for All Children 5th Edition and Professor of Child Health, Bristol University
  • Dr Paul Williams MP, Chair of the First 1000 Days of Life inquiry for the Health & Social Care Select Committee
  • Professor Helen Bedford, Professor of Child Public Health, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
  • Professor Vivette Glover, Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology, Imperial College London
  • James McTaggart, Early Years Psychologist, Highland Council
  • Pauline Beirne, National Lead AHP CYP, Scottish Government
  • Dr Ollie Morris, General Practitioner
  • Joe McCulloch, Executive Producer – Language and Literacy, BBC Learning
  • Greg Fell, Director of Public Health, Sheffield
  • Siobhan Freegard, Channel Mums
  • Sophia Collins, Parenting Science Gang
  • Samantha Tucker, The Brain Tumour Charity

And we hope that Nadhim Zahawi MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, will also join us.

Download the latest programme here

Join us on 9 May in Manchester for sessions on:

  • Nutrition
  • Supporting UPP families
  • Primary prevention
  • Secondary prevention and identification of impairments
  • Making services work for parents
  • Prevention of harm
  • Developing your research career
  • Children in special circumstances

With tickets almost all sold out, we would not want you to miss out on this super opportunity to come along and hear from some of the chapter authors, as well as the editor, of the newly published Hall for All Children 5th edition.

Go to our online booking to book your place today!

 

Stop Press – New Keynote speaker: Dr Paul Williams MP

Stop Press

Dr Paul Williams MP

The Institute is delighted to announce that Dr Paul Williams MP, Chair of the First 1000 Days of Life inquiry for the Health and Social Care Select Committee, is to address the Institute of Health Visiting conference – Health for All Children Now – on 9 May in Manchester.

Book early to avoid disappointment – and to get your earlybird ticket!

Earlybird ends 29 March 2019.

For more conference details and to book your place

 

iHV provides keynote addresses to National Home Visiting conference in Washington DC

Dr Cheryll Adams CBE, Executive Director, and Dr Karen Whittaker, Institute trustee, are invited keynote plenary speakers at this year’s National Home Visiting Conference in Washington DC this week. Their session takes place this afternoon (Fri 1 February) at 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. EST – Health Visiting in the United Kingdom: What Can We Learn?  – note that Washington DC is on EST (Eastern Standard Time) which is 5 hours behind the UK time.

Dr Adams said:

“With 700 delegates, this is a unique opportunity for us to not only share the best of UK health visiting, but also to learn from the many different home visiting programmes established to support vulnerable babies across the States. We so often utilise the often better funded research programmes from the USA to inform our own developments.

“This week provides an opportunity to discuss and debate critical factors leading to delivering effective outcomes for families especially those with the greatest need where the research is particularly well developed.”

More about the plenary session:

Health Visiting in the United Kingdom: What Can We Learn?
12:00pm – 1:15pm Eastern

One of the challenges facing home visiting in the United States today is how to best create a service system that reaches the most people while still being able to effectively address the needs of those most at-risk. This plenary will present an overview of the health visiting system in the United Kingdom, a universal model of home visiting for all families with young children. The presenters will examine what universalism looks like as a system, including the challenges of offering these services.

Featured Speakers

  • Dr. Cheryll Adams CBE, Founder & Executive Director, Institute of Health Visiting
  • Jon Korfmacher, Associate Professor, Erikson Institute
  • Dr. Karen Whittaker, Reader/Associate Professor Child & Family Health, University of Central Lancashire, England

Livestreaming of the plenary sessions

You can watch live streaming of the plenary sessions free of charge.

Those who are not able to view the sessions live but are interested in receiving the recordings after the conference are also encouraged to register.

To register and access the live stream, please go to the  Home Visiting Summit website (link below) and select “Livestream Information” from the menu on the right-hand side.

Go to Home Visiting Summit website

Bookings now open for iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference 2019

Bookings are now open, with member discounts and earlybird rates, for the iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference – Health for All Children Now – taking place in Manchester on 9 May 2019.

Download conference flyer

We always seek to ensure our activities comply with the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative – our events are not, and never will be, sponsored by the formula milk industry.

This is a fantastic opportunity to attend the iHV’s evidence-based practice conference – Health for All Children Now.

This inspiring conference will include leading professionals and experts speaking on a number of different topics, including Professor Alan Emond, the new editor of Health for All Children 5th Edition.

Full programme details will be announced shortly.

This conference is the MUST-ATTEND event in 2019 for those interested in evidence-based infant and family public health and health visiting to come together to hear the latest guidance and recommendations. This will include but not be limited to health visitors, NHS employers, local authority commissioners and employers, government officials, third sector organisations, GPs, midwives, obstetricians, paediatricians, researchers and parents with lived experience. A limited number of places will also be made available to SCPHN students.

Date: 09:30 – 16:45, Thursday 9 May 2019
Venue:  King’s House Conference Centre, King’s Church, Sidney Street, Manchester M1 7HB

Delegate prices

With special member rates and early bird prices, please book your place today to avoid disappointment!

Earlybird Rate (until 29 March 2019) Standard Rate (from 30 March 2019)
iHV Member £95.00 £125.00
Non Member £125.00 £165.00
SCPHN Student £75.00 £75.00

Conference rate includes full attendance at the conference and includes all refreshments, lunch and delegate materials.

DON’T MISS OUT!! Book today to take advantage of our early bird rates – available until 29 March 2019.

ORGANISATIONAL DISCOUNT: Buy four delegate places for your organisation and get a fifth free! See our conference page for further details

For payment details (including options to pay by debit/credit card or by cheque/invoice), how to book and our Terms & Conditions, please see all details on our online booking system.

 

Book your place online today

Call for Abstracts

We are delighted to offer the opportunity to present your practice development or research at our evidence-based conference – Health for All Children Now.

Abstract submission deadline is 28 February 2019.

See call for abstracts on the conference page for further details

Live Plenary Streaming at the 2019 US National Home Visiting Summit

Ounce Home Visiting Summit – USA

The Eighth National Home Visiting Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs takes place this week in Washington DC, USA (30 January – 1 February 2019) – and they are live streaming all four plenary sessions free of charge.

Dr Cheryll Adams and Dr Karen Whittaker (iHV Trustee) are delighted to be invited to give keynote presentations to this Home Visiting Conference  – it’s very exciting that the Americans are keen to learn about our model!

The conference organisers hope that networks will take advantage of this exciting learning opportunity of the live streaming of the plenary sessions.

To watch the live streaming – please register today. Please note that Washington DC is on EST (Eastern Standard Time) which is 5 hours behind the UK time. The live streaming starts on Thursday, 31 January.

Take a moment to review the plenary sessions:

31 JANUARY 2019

  • 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. EST – The New Network Leader: How You Can Grow Your Impact
  • 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. EST – Innovation Toward Precision Home Visiting

1 FEBRUARY 2019

  • 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. EST – Promoting Maternal Wellbeing and Resiliency in the Face of Trauma: The Science, Interventions, and Policy Implications for the Field of Home Visiting
  • 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. EST – Health Visiting in the United Kingdom: What Can We Learn?

Those who are not able to view the sessions live but are interested in receiving the recordings after the conference are also encouraged to register.

To register and access the live stream, please go to the  Home Visiting Summit website (link below) and select “Livestream Information” from the menu on the right-hand side.

Go to Home Visiting Summit website

Great line up of 2019 conferences – hold the dates!

Our 2019 conference dates are now set, with a great line up of iHV events for this year!

Details are being finalised and will be shared shortly but, in the meantime, put the dates in your diary and hold them for these unmissable conferences:

  • 9 May – iHV Evidence-based practice conference 2019 – Delivering best practice in health visiting – Manchester
  • 10 September – iHV PIMH Conference 2019
  • 3 December – iHV Leadership conference 2019

We look forward to welcoming you to these inspiring conferences.

Call for abstracts for iHV evidence-based conference

We are delighted to offer the opportunity to present your practice development or research at our 4th evidence-based conference – Health for All Children Now (being held on Thursday 9 May 2018 in Manchester).

Abstracts will be considered on the following areas:

  • Maximising health visiting’s prescribing potential
  • Role of health visitors in immunisation
  • Encouraging optimal childhood nutrition
  • Promoting oral health and sugar reduction
  • Getting families active
  • Managing atopic conditions in early childhood
  • Early identification of childhood disorders
  • Early detection of speech, language and communication delay
  • Identifying and addressing non-specific learning difficulties
  • Innovation in safeguarding
  • Addressing domestic abuse in families
  • Innovation in promoting sleep
  • Effective working with couple relationships
  • Identifying and addressing mental health issues in pre-school children
  • Working with fathers
  • Working with excluded families
  • Addressing health inequalities
  • Promoting leadership in health visiting
  • Creating effective integration with the early years work force

Abstract Submission and Timeline

Abstract format:

  • The abstract should be no more than 250 words and provide an overview of your practice development or research, clearly indicating the impact on health visiting practice.
  • Please structure your abstract as follows:
    • aim
    • objectives
    • method
    • results
    • conclusion
    • recommendations.
  • Also, please tell us whether you would like to present this as an oral presentation or poster.
  • Please submit your abstract as a Microsoft Word document to [email protected].

Abstract Timeline:

  • The abstract submission deadline is 28 February 2019.
  • After an iHV peer-review process, participants will be informed of acceptance of abstracts for either oral presentation or or a poster by the middle of March.
  • Full guidance on the poster and oral presentation delivery format will be provided if your abstract is successful.

It is important that you book to secure your conference place on or before the final registration deadline for accepting your offer to present.

Inspiring and energising #iHVLeadership18

What a fabulous inspiring and energising day we had on Tuesday at the iHV leadership conference and annual celebration event! With over 160 delegates plus speakers and exhibitors, the room was buzzing all day. Our expert speakers were amazing and shared their key messages to the rapt audience.

The iHV Leadership for Change conference 2018 was a fantastic opportunity for health professionals across the country to find out the latest in leadership in health visiting practice among like-minded professionals and peers. Held at the Wellcome Collection, Euston, London on Tuesday, 4 December 2018.

Motivating and inspiring expert speakers included Professor Viv Bennett CBE, Chief Nursing Officer at Public Health England, Dr Jenny Godson MBE, National Lead for Oral Health Improvement, Professor Dame Sarah Cowley, Professor Alan Emond, Bristol University, Dr Barbara Stilwell, Global Campaign Executive Director at Nursing Now, the NHS Leadership Academy and Jackie Doyle-Price, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention, Department of Health and Social Care.

see the conference programme

Photos

We have made a short video of some of the photos taken on the day:

 

Tweets from #iHVLeadership18

For those of you who could not either join us on the day or could not follow the #iHVLeadership18 hashtag on Twitter, we’ve collected and made a little “Wakelet” collection of the day’s tweets so you can follow some of what was shared. Please see below.